A 20 year veteran film editor, Tina has edited over 60 short & feature films with an emphasis on documentaries. On Tip Toe, the compelling story of the Grammy Award winning South African Musical Group, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and their rise above apartheid, won a prestigious International Documentary Association (IDA) Award and was honored with Academy Award and Emmy Award Nominations.
Another notable documentary Tina co-edited, was the NBC Prime Time Special, Harmony, in collaboration with HRH The Prince of Wales (Prince Charles) addressing climate change and innovative solutions to the global environmental crisis. Harmony was presented by Prince Charles and Robert Redford at the opening of the newly established Sundance London Film Festival.
Later Tina reunited with her Fuel team to co-edit The Big Fix, a documentary triggered by the BP Gulf Oil Spill. The Big Fix was honored as an Official Selection, and only U.S. documentary, at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, where it received a 5 minute standing ovation to a sold out audience.
Most recently, Tina has completed At War With The Dinosaurs, a documentary on Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles as a goal for a clean energy future, as well as Happening, a Redford Center production, featuring Director, James Redford’s personal exploration into renewable energy in the U.S. Happening will Premiere on HBO in December 2017. Tina also serves on the Creative Advisory Board for The Redford Center.
Elisa was born in Milan. She moved to Los Angeles to pursue her editing career and began working in advertising at Red Car with editor/director Larry Bridges. Shortly after, she started working exclusively for DGA winning commercial director, Joe Pytka and edited campaigns for Pepsi, Lee Jeans, Nike, Levis and others.
